​Dr. Joshua Freeman, a specialist on US labor and New York City history, has been promoted to Distinguished Professor.

Professor Freeman's books include "American Empire: The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home, 1945-2000" (Viking, 2012), "Working-Class New York: Life and Labor since World War II" (New Press, 2000) and "In Transit: The Transport Workers Union in New York City, 1933-1966" (Oxford University Press, 1989; reprinted with Temple University Press, 2001).